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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Helen Davidson in Taipei

China ready for ‘fight’ over international action on Xinjiang human rights abuses

A security guard watches from a tower around a detention facility in China's Xinjiang region
A UN report is the latest body of evidence of a sweeping crackdown on ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, China, including the mass detention of an estimated 1 million or more people. Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP

A Chinese envoy to the United Nations has warned western nations and allies that Beijing is ready for a “fight” amid growing pressure for global action against China over its human rights abuses in Xinjiang.

The threat follows the release of a report by the UN office of the high commissioner for human rights which found the government was likely committing crimes against humanity with its abuses of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang.

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